In the 1840's, Chippewa Indian missionary Peter Greensky established a Protestant mission here in an area where legend says Indian chiefs once held their councils. Mission services were first held in a rude building of boughs and bark. In the 1850's, the Indians built the present church, a fine example of old log style construction with hand-hewn timbers and notched corners. Windows, doors, and much of the lumber were brought by canoe from Traverse City to Pine Lake, now Lake Charlevoix, and then carried two miles to this site. Methodist services for the Indian congregation have been held here regularly to the present.